THE Commonwealth Games are on in earnest, a fitting day to revisit April 7 of three years back when Australia's cross-Tasman rival New Zealand added Adelaide Lightning coach Chris Lucas to its Tall Ferns' coaching panel - On This Day.

MELBOURNE Tigers were gone, their last game of 2013-14 a 39-point belting in Game 3 of the NBL semi finals by Adelaide, but the new "Melbourne United" stepped up to the plate in no uncertain manner at Titanium Security Arena.

ON THIS DAY, a mere three years ago, fall-out crashed after current Sydney Kings coach Andrew Gaze publicly declared the NBL should "go into a hiatus," while right here at B.O.T.I., we pointed out a moment of Basketball Australia infamy.

LAST week the NBL and NBA announced three joint matches coming up within two months. FOX SPORTS then revealed its full commitment to Aussie basketball. Five years ago when B.O.T.I. launched, it was a hell of a different story as you can see from this "special edition" centenary of "FLASHBACKS."